Zingiberaceae

The New York Botanical Garden
Cultivated Plants of U.S.A.
Zingiberaceae.
Illinois, Cook Co., Chicago, Hyde Park. Cultivated
ornamental plant in flowerpot.
Rhizome somewhat aromatic; culm 75 cm tall, with 9
fully formed leaves and 3 additional nodes with
reduced blades at base. Inflorescence old. Seeds
brown, still subtended by dried red aril.
Coll.: M. Nee & T. Plowman 20711
27 May 1981
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